100 Lire Minerva Large 1955-1989

100 Lire Minerva Large

The 100 Lire Minerva Large coin was part of the Lira 1946 – 2001 series of Italy. The coin was minted by the
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma, Italy between the years 1955 and 1989. The coin itself was made of Acmonital and had a reeded grained edge. This circular coin had a raised undecorated rim. It weighed 8 grams, and had a diameter of 27.8mm . The known mintage of the 100 Lire Minerva Large coin is 2,303,850,800

It is worth noting that some coins in this series have been valued at as much as $120. All the values for the 100 Lire Minerva Large coin can be found at the bottom of this page.

The Front

The front of the 100 Lire Minerva coin features the Standing goddess Minerva (Etruscian and Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of arts, trade, and defense) holding a young tree and a pole between (left, value) L.100 (Lire) and (right, mint mark) R (= Rome) (bottom, year below exergue) 1955 – 1989.

The Back

The back of the 100 Lire Minerva coin features an Italian woman’s head “Libertine” (left) with wreath on her hair. legend: (state name, left) REPVBBLICA (right) ITALIANA